Deputy Director, Office of Technical Services

Start Date: 2003-01-01

Responsible for developing technology and adapting it to support the officers in the field. Focus was on communications, tagging, tracking and locating (TT&L), surveillance-related technology, and biometrics/access control.

Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Affairs

Start Date: 2001-01-01

Mr. Newland was the Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Affairs in the period leading up to and following 9/11, and in that capacity helped establish historical relationships between the CIA and the U.S. military, particularly with the Special Forces and Special Operations elements.

Senior Intelligence Officer

Start Date: 1979-11-01End Date: 2005-12-26

During a 26-year career as a senior member of the Clandestine Service, Mr. Newland had six overseas tours, five of them in Latin America. Newland was a Chief of Station three times and served tours in Argentina, Cuba,Venezuela, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Romania. During his career he held a number of senior operational and managerial positions, including Deputy Director for Technical Services, Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Affairs and Director of Operational Technology. Mr. Newland was the Director of Central Intelligence for Military Affairs in the period leading up to and following 9/11, and in that capacity helped establish historical relationships between the CIA and the U.S. military, particularly with the Special Forces and Special Operations elements. Mr. Newland was also the recipient of numerous CIA awards, including the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the Defense Department Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, and the State Department Medal of Valor. Mr. Newland was raised in Latin America and has native fluency in Spanish.